We're excited that the much delayed Bath Flash Fiction Award Vol 10 with stories from the three 2025 Bath Flash Fiction Awards is now published by Ad Hoc Fiction. Thank you to all contributors for their patience. The title, How to Fold A World Map is the title of a flash by Tiffany Harris a very moving story, which you can read here as well as in the anthology as it received a highly commended prize in February 2025. We love the image on the cover, an ancient beautifully drawn world map.
Those who accepted publication from the longlist of fifty stories from each round of the competition came from all over the world, and we thought it was a fitting title. Wonderful world-wide fictions folded together in one volume of 133 stories.
We're launching the 2025 anthology with readings on the Saturday evening at the Flash Fiction Festival, July 17th-19th in Bristol and will hear from some winners, shortlisted and long listed writers. Quite a number of contributors coming to the festival will be able to pick up their free copies there. And we'll be posting others out. There are still full or day places available at the festival if you want to come last minute. Booking at flashfictonfestival.com
How to Fold a World Map is available to buy on Amazon world wide in paperback. Ad Hoc fiction has provided links straight to purchase in many different countries.
Results of the June 2026 round of the Bath Flash Fiction Award will be out on Tuesday 30th June and many of those long listed have already accepted publication. When the October round is complete, we hope to be back to normal with our publishing schedule and have volume 11 out by the end of this year, or early next.
